Passenger-car.



- H. HOWSON.

PASSENGER GAR.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 25, 1908.

Patented 0.01;. 20, 1908.

3 SH EETSSHEET 1.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY HOWSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE 1. G. BRILL COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

VAN IA.

A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- PASSENGER-CAR.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, r908.

Application filed May 25 1908. Serial No. 434,956.,

To all whom it mwy'concern:

Be itknown that I, HENRY HowsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Passenger-Cars, of

e which the following'is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improveinents in cars of the type inwhich a passenger pays the fare on entering the car.

The object of my present invention-is to close one side of the platform by means of doors so arranged that they will not. interfere with passengers standing on the platform. Theplatform is entirely inclosed. and.

the doors are not needed in the transverse partition dividing the platform from the body of the car. 5

In the accompanying drawings :-Fig.ure 1, is a sectional plan View of oneend of a passenger car illustrating my invention, and

showing the doors open,leaving a clear space for the ingress and egress of passengers;-

Fig; 2, is a view'similar to'Fig. 1, showing the doors closed and seats arranged on both sides ofthe platfomn for the accommodation of passengers; this arrangement being: used when the platform is at the forward end of the-car; and Fig. 3, isa longitudinal sectional view on the line 33, Fig. 1.

A is the body of the car. B is the platform separated from the body of the car by a transverse partition O hav-- ing ingress and egress passageways 0, 0 separated inv the present instanceby a; central post 0. I

B is the vestibule framework inclosing the front of the car; i

At one side of the platform is a' fixed panel section B having a channel '6 for the reception of a sliding door E, which is at the passengers, and extending from this post to the center post C of the transverse partition C is a guard I in the form of a rail. This guard divides the platform into ingress and egress sections 7), 7) the-ingress section communicating with the passageway c in the partition O and the egress; section 7) connects with the passageway c. The guard is arranged so as to fold out of the Way when it is desired to give a clear space at each side of the platform I is a post secured to the floor of the platform, andpivoted to the center post of the partition 6 is a hinged portion 2" Which can be either raised and locked, or lowered as shown in Fig. 2, and' the section 2 of the guard is also hinged. to the post and can turn on itspivot from the socket i so as to rest upon a bracket Won the section i, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. By this means the rail can be folded to take up the least amount of space when it is desiredito form apassage oneach side and'w-hen the platform is at the forward end of the car.

F, F are twosliding doors adapted to close the passageways b", 7f on each side of the post D. The door F is adapted to the channel 5' in the panel D and the door F isadapted to the channel a in the panel a built in the side of the body portion of the car; These two doors may be connected in any suitable manner so that when one is opened or closed the other will openor close with it. i

In the-drawings I haveshown one-method of construction by which the doors can be bracket'fand f on the doors F and-F, respectively,,and on the bracket f isa rod f connected to' a. chain-1 f attach ed tothe other bracket and passing around a fixed wheel on the car' frame. Projecting from: the other bracket f is a rod? f connected to a chai f which is attached to the first mentioned bracket 1, and. this chain passes around a wheel on the fixed portionof the can and each door has:- grooved wheels adapted to a rail, so that when one door is moved in one direction. the other door will move in the: opposite directions. There is a operated: in unison. This consists of a handle 8 on the door F In order. to provide additional seats for the passengers at the forward end of the .car,

I hinge a seat vN to the partition C and arrange it so that it can be turned up into a cavity in the .partition, forming a panel. This seat is supported midway by a fixed bracket 11. projecting from" the post D.

N is a short seat section which is pivoted to the panel D and can be raised and supported by pivoted brackets carried by the panel; thus providing a seat from one end of the platform to the other on one side of the car. 'On the o posite side of the car is a seat M made 1n two sections M, M

The section M? is hinged at m to the parti-' tion C and the-section M is pivoted at m" to the-section M. The seat is adapted to be folded into a recess in the. said partition, formiiig a panel. These sections are supported on lunged brackets m carried by the panel section B so that when the seats are not in use they can be folded out of the way. When the platform is at the rear end of the car, as in Fig. 1, the-rail is placed as shown, so as to divide the platform into ingress and egress sections 1), b, and the conductor is located in the egress section b. The doors can be operated by the conductor so as to open or close the passageways b, b

' at the side of the car for the ingress and .ing one side of the egress of passengers. The door E at the opposite edge of the platform is closed and is preferably locked.

When .the platform is at the forward end of the car then the two doors F, F are closed and locked and the seat sections N, N are moved into position-and the sections M, M are also moved into.position.. -The rail is folded asin Fig. 2, so as to give a clear passageway on either side thereof, and

the outlet do'or E can be opened and closed by the motorman so as to allow passengers to pass out at the forward end'of'the car as well as atthe rear.

I claim 1. The combination in a passenger car, of a body portion, a platform, means for closplatform, said means consisting of a fixed panel at the outer end of the latform, leaving a passageway, and two sliding doors adapted to move towards and from each other to close the passageway. 2. The combination in a passenger car, of a body portion, side of .the platform near the outer end thereof, a post separating the space between the panel and the body of the car into ingress and egress passageways, and slidin doors adapted to move to and from eac other and arranged to close the passageways. Y 3. The combination in a passenger car, of

within easy reach ya body portion,

a platform, a panel at one a platform, a panel at one side of the platform, near the outer end thereof, a post separating the space between the panel and the body of the car into ingress and egress passageways, said panel hzfiiii'g a channelfor the reception of a door, a channel at the side of the body portion of the car for the rece tionbf another door, and two doors adapte to the channels and arranged to closethe passageways.

' 4. The combinat'on in a passenger car, of a body portion, a platform, a transverse partition separating the platform from the body forming ingress and egress assageways, a post at;the side of. the plat orm, a post at the point near the center of the platform, a rail dividing the said platform into ingress and egress sections, sai ble so as to provide a clear passageway on each side of the rail Whenthe platform is at the forward end of the car.

5. The combination in a passenger car, of a body portion, tition separatin of the car and aving a center post in said partition, ingress and egress passageways, a

the center of the platform, a guard dividing the'platform into in ress and, egress sections, one sectionbeing pivoted to the center post and to the post in the center of the transverse partition and so arranged that it can be raised and lowered, the'other section being hinged to the center post and pivoted to a socket on the post at the side of the car and adapted to be moved-into position alongside the-other rail section when lowered, so as to provide a cleanspace on either side of the platform. 7

6. The combination in a dividing rail for passenger cars, of two posts, a guard. rail section pivoted to the posts and arranged to swing .so as to-lie either in a horizontal-or a 'vertical plane, a lug on the rail section projectingat. one side of the section when the latter is in a vertical lane, and a pivoted rail section mounted on one of the posts and capable of being moved to rest upon said lug.

7. The combination in a passenger-car, of a body portion, a recessed transverse part1- tion, a platform beyond the partition,'means for closing, the side of the platform, a seat made in sections pivoted to ether and ivoted. to the transverse partition, and a Bracket for,supporti1 1g said seat section when extended, the seat section when raised and folded resting in the recess in the transverse partition.

a platform, one side of the platform,

a center post berail being collapsitions, said guard consistingof two rail sec- 8. The combination in a passenger car, of a-panel and two doors closing portion, a post 1n the center of thepartition a platform, a transverse pa-rthe platform from the body post at the side of the platform, a post near I tween the two doors, a bracket on theeenter I Intestimony whereof, I have signed Iny i post, a seat section hinged to the panel, I name'to this specification, in the presence of 10 means for supporting the seat section in its two subscribing witnesses.

raised osition a pivoted seat section hin ed v Y to the odypf the car at the end of the p at- HENRY S form, the body of the car having a recess Witnesses: for the reception of the said seat section Jos. H. KLEIN,-

raised.

WM. A. BARR. 

